HUANG Wenbo, born in 1990, is an Associate Professor at the Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion (GIEC), Chinese Academy of Sciences. He serves as a project leader for the National Key R&D Program and is a member of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

He graduated from Central South University with a bachelor's degree in 2012, obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2018, and completed his postdoctoral research at GIEC in 2020. He joined the Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion in the same year.

His research primarily focuses on the theory and applied technology of dry hot rock (DHR) geothermal development and utilization. He is one of the core inventors of the super-long gravity heat pipe (SLGHP) technology for medium-to-deep geothermal energy extraction. As the technical leader on-site, he has successfully constructed more than ten demonstration projects of SLGHP geothermal systems. He has extensive research experience in the field of heat and mass transfer in porous media and has presided over two tasks of the National Key R&D Program and projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Selected Publications

Huang Wenbo, Chen Juanwen, Ma Qingshan, et al. Developing kilometers-long gravity heat pipe for geothermal energy exploitation[J]. Energy & Environmental Science, 2024, 17(13): 4508-4518.

▪ Geothermal Energy Development and Utilization Technology

▪ Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media

▪ Heat Transfer Technology of Ultra-long Gravity Heat Pipes

1. National Key R&D Program of China (Task), 2021YFB1507301, "Research on the Heat Transfer Mechanism and Optimization Technology of Super-long Gravity Heat Pipes", September 2022 – August 2025, 8.7 million, Principal Investigator.

2. National Key R&D Program of China - Disruptive Technology Innovation Project (Task), 2026YFF1500702, "Development of a High-efficiency Coupled Cooling System with Super-long Gravity Heat Pipe and Deep-well Heat Pump", February 2026 – January 2028, 2.6 million, Principal Investigator.